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MCLEOD-SKINNER TO RUN FOR SECRETARY OF STATE IN 2020 GEORGE GRITZ HONORED FOR LIFESAVING CPR NORTHWEST, A2 REGION, A3 E O AST 143rd year, No. 216 REGONIAN Friday, august 16, 2019 WINNER OF THE 2019 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend Police arrest suspect in Milton-Freewater murder MF police chief says physical evidence key to the investigation • WHEATSTOCK, Quantum 9 Arena, Helix • MELON FEST, downtown Hermiston • PILOT ROCK COMMUNITY DAYS, all weekend, down- town Pilot Rock FOR TIMES AND LOCATIONS CHECK COMING EVENTS, A6 Weekend Weather FRI SAT SUN 84/56 83/54 86/59 By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian MiLtON-Fr EEWa- tEr — shayla Fawn record tsosie of Mil- ton-Freewater faces mur- der for the death of her boyfriend in June. Police Chief doug Boedigheimer announced Walla Walla police on Wednesday arrested record tsosie, 22, on a umatilla County warrant for murder and unlaw- ful use of a weapon in the stabbing death of Chris- tian rodriguez-Calvillo. the couple lived together at 604 Ward st., Milton-Freewater, where police arrived early June 21 after a 911 call and found rodriguez-Calvillo bleeding out on the kitchen floor. He died at 3:25 that morning while en route to Kadlec regional Medical Center, richland, Washington. record tsosie appeared thursday morning in Walla Walla County supe- rior Court with her attor- ney, William McCool, who told Judge John Lohr- mann his client would not waive extradition to uma- tilla County and urged the judge to release her to Set for growth See Murder, Page A8 Wright named Bend publisher By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian launching a 48-home subdivi- sion they plan to complete in 18 months, stockdale said, while two other 250-home subdivi- sions are also in the works. “it’s kind of coming at us from everywhere,” he said. stockdale said developers seem to be putting in homes that land around the $225,000 BENd — the Bulletin in Bend lost its editor and gained a new publisher. the EO Media group takes ownership of the Bul- letin and redmond spokesman on sept 1. EO Media’s Chief Oper- ating Offi- cer Heidi Wright Wright is stepping into the role as publisher for the Bulletin. “i will be relocating to Bend in the next few weeks and will continue to serve as COO of EO Media group from that location,” Wright said. Wright also will be pub- lisher of the spokesman, the Bulletin’s sister weekly paper. Her husband, Richard schuurman, will join her. Prior to Wright taking EO Media’s chief operating role two years ago, she was the chief financial officer and human resources offi- cer of Western Communi- cations, then-owner of the Bulletin. steve Forrester, president and CEO of EO Media, said Wright’s deep knowledge of operations and insights into the news- paper’s market equip her to lead the Bulletin. But the flagship paper in Central Oregon will be with- out an editor for the pres- ent. Wright said editor Erik Lukens will not be joining the company. EO Media is looking to bring in an editor from outside the company. “We expect to announce a new editor soon,” she said. Bulletin city editor Julie Johnson and features editor Jody Lawrence-turner are steering the ship until the new editor takes the helm. the Bulletin reported Lukens joined the paper in 1998 as the editorial page editor. He became city edi- tor in 2011 and left in 2012 to become editorial page editor at the Oregonian, where he and his staff won the Pulit- zer Prize for editorial writ- ing in 2014. He returned to See Housing, Page A8 See Bend, Page A8 Jim Critchley, retired chief from arizona, replaces Paul Berardi on interim basis By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian See Chief, Page A8 her grandfather’s home in Walla Walla “due to the really extenuating circum- stances of this case.” He also said record tsosie’s mother was in the court- room, and her father lived in Walla Walla. record tsosie coop- erated with the police in EO Media group takes over ownership of Bend paper on sept. 1 Pendleton hires interim fire chief PENdLEtON — as it has for most years since 2010, the Pendleton Fire department is bringing in a new person to lead it. the city hired Jim Critchley, a retired chief for the tucson, Arizona, fire department, to replace Paul Berardi on an interim basis. reached Critchley for comment on the road back to his native Kansas City, Missouri, Berardi said Pendleton was a great town, but he decided against applying for the permanent position because most of his family remains in the Midwest. “it tugs at you after awhile,” he said. Berardi was hired as interim chief in september 2018 and indicated as recently as Feb- ruary that he was interested in staying long term, but he $1.50 Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Jacob Edens carries a pocket door frame into a new home construction project in Umatilla Thursday after- noon. Umatilla officials expect to add about 100 new housing units a year for the next 5 to 7 years By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian U MatiLLa — Politi- cal pundits may wring their hands about rural american communi- ties in decline, but umatilla is one small town that’s not going anywhere. the city of 7,320 has seen a 47% increase in population since 2000, according to the u.s. Cen- sus Bureau, and Portland state university’s population research center predicts similar growth in the next 20 years. City Man- ager david stockdale expects the community will add about 100 new housing units per year for the next five to seven years. “it’s not that growth is com- ing to umatilla — it’s already here,” he said. “We’re already making plans for the growth Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Isaiah Aquilar fastens a 2 by 4 piece of lumber in a new home construc- tion project in Umatilla. we expect.” For more a decade, the city saw fewer than 20 new homes per year. But in 2018 they issued 66 building permits. this year, stockdale said, they have issued 38 and plan to issue another 20 next week, with almost five months left in the year. another developer is waiting for the city to complete changes to the development code before
